They were very wobbly in the beginning. ... Where I think they do bear some blame is in not developing some alternative plans should something like this occur.

And there's a great fear in the administration of two things: One, they're being lied to by the government, just as the government is lying to the people. And, secondly, the government is really digging in and is going to resist change.

The administration still stands for orderly transition but it wants a faster transition.

I think they need to be very tough about that. But I would just urge you that, in their public statements, I think they ought to be fairly cautious and quiet and not, you know, we better have a reaffirmation ultimately that this is going…

At first they were very surprised and, I think, they were wobbly. They weren't quite sure how to handle this.

They seemed to issue a statement that supported the demonstrators. On its face, I thought it was an ambiguous statement, but it was interpreted by the White House, accepted by the demonstrators as a strong pro-demonstrator statement.

But I have to tell you something. Neither side has really given us a bold, courageous, road map for dealing with the deficits.

I thought she made a terrible mistake trying to go toe to toe with Barack Obama on the same day.

Well, Anderson, I do think that he may have helped to cool things down. Rick Davis with CNN has sent a note to several of us pointing out some Tweets from some conservative commentators, both 'National Review' and the 'Weekly Standard,'…

The president's call to civility and decency in the way we treat each other is very important.

We have lowered the standards. The NRA has been behind this.